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Amanda Mastin, left, and U.S. teammates Nicole Bradford and Lacy Jones, are poised to make history by winning the first-ever ISDE Women's World Cup.

With the heavy lifting done, U.S. women poised to win inaugural ISDE Women's World Cup

Story and photos by Steve Berkner

As the dust begins to settle after Day Five of the International Six Days Enduro, Team USA has reason to celebrate. The most demanding portion of the ISDE is now complete. All that is left is to run a nine-lap final motocross test, the only test scheduled for Day Six, and the 82nd running of the ISDE will be in the books.

The two high points this week have clearly been the performance of Kurt Caselli (left) and the U.S. Women's World Cup Team.

The U.S. women, Nicole Bradford, Amanda Mastin and Lacy Jones, are firmly atop the leader board with a 35-minute lead over second-place France. Barring two mechanical failures during the final motocross test, they are destined to win the inaugural ISDE Women's World Cup.

Caselli's success is the biggest news for U.S. men, as he has led the E3 class all week and now seems destined to win that class. Going into the final moto, Caselli holds a lead of 2:12.36 over Finland's Marko Tarkkala. That test will also help determine the unofficial overall top rider for this year's Six Days. To win that honor, Caselli has to make up 21.52 seconds on France's Johnny Aubert, who is riding in the E2 class.

Another success for Team USA is that 40 of the 43 U.S. riders who started this event are still around for the final moto. That's a significant accomplishment, considering that the DNF rate for this year's ISDE has been over 30 percent.

Going into the final motocross test, the U.S. Trophy Team has a chance to advance from ninth place into eighth place if they can make up 18 seconds on Chile. In the Junior Trophy Team division, Team USA sits in sixth place, more than 6 minutes out of fifth.

In the three-rider club team division, a race has developed between U.S. club teams BAFMA, the Trail Riders of Houston and the Lubbock Trail Riders, as less than 46 seconds separate the teams for ninth, 10th and 11th places, as well as bragging rights as the top-finishing U.S. club team.